Persons of Note: tissue paper tests

After using the I Ching to create a series of numbers, I've realised how time consuming the process is. To get one hexagram, I have to flip 3 coins 6 times and then find the corresponding number. If I want to do this for every single action in creating the image it could take me a long time so I think I need to maybe limit the number of actions that could occur or find a faster way of generating numbers.

I tried out the I Ching on some tissue paper tests before I moved to monoprinting but I'm finding the process quite frustrating. Coming up with the I Ching numbers is really time consuming, and then allocating the numbers to certain actions is challenging because it's difficult to do this for every single aspect. For example, where do I put the shape? How big do I make it? When do I stop making a piece and decide that it's finished? And in terms of monoprinting, when do I put new ink on the roller and how do I decide whether to change the colour or not?



I think that maybe I should abandon the I Ching as a method of coming up with numbers. I might use a 20 sided dice instead because the process is faster and I still get a number result that I can correspond with an action. I think the best thing to do now is create a flow chart of questions and possible outcomes and see if this helps me figure out all the questions I'm asking. I also don't think tissue paper is the best thing to use to test this out so maybe I'll just go straight to monoprinting once I've figured out the flowchart. Monoprinting is quite a quick process so I can always do a testing session and then do another monoprinting session for the final ones I want to use.